Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1923, Page 11

S NEW-YORK IS TO MAKE LASTING CHANGE Washingten, Although Designated Nationals Instead of Senators, as Originally, Still Frequently Referred to by By fhe Assaciated Press. 4 HICAGO, December 24—Alth ‘comé into’ being until 1900 its. clubs have some of the oldest and ames in major league base ball. 3 best known nic club is the only one that has defin name. When an American League franchise was granted to New York the - ba!l plant on Washington Heights, one of the high sec- From the location of the grounds the club built a ba tions of the city known as the Highlanders When the arrangement was madc to play at the Polo Grounds, per- forming under Coogan's Bluff, Highlanders became a misnomer. curred to a New York sporting editor that since the club was in the American League Yankees would b came. > Cleveland base ball clubs have been ¥nown as Indians sifice the years tha ity was repre The name W n st City team, ona of the fineat represent Cleveland before the ¥s of ofganized base ball and which terred to as “the Indians from the Forest City.” When Nepoleon la jole became manager of the club ti nickname became the Naps, in h honor, but after his retirement the ©id name, Indians, was resumed. Brownx for Long Time. The St. Louls Americans derived their nickname, Browns, . from_the color of the stockings worn. They were Browns back {n the days of the American Assoclation when Charles A. Comiskey of the Chicago Ameri- cans was their manag s The Chicago White are succes- sors of the original Chicago White Stockings. The latter team was or- Zanized in 1570 to compete with the Cineinnat! Red Stockings, and wore white stockings as a contrast and in opposition to the red-stockinged players from Cincinnati. Most base ball teams that represent capital cities are known as the Sen- ators. The name wae fist applied to the old Washinkton club of the Na- tional League, the name being linked with the idea that a United States scuator was regarded as an important personage. The name was picked va=n Washington entered the Ameri- e, but was officially changed ©o Nationals in 1905. However, Sena- ars the more popular name, because to say for an Amer fusing to those not well informed on base ball. Call "Bm. Trgers Now. The Detroit club back in the Na- tlonal League was one of the first to . wear striped stockings. Theirs had an orange-coiored siripe similar those worn by Princeton foot ball and base ball players, and hence the nickname Tigers was applied.” In re- cent’years some writcrs have been spelling it “Tyger: in honor of Ty Cobb. The name Red Sox was given to the Doston Americans by John L Taylor when ho became president. He got the idea of shortening Red Stock- ings, by which the Boston Natlonals were known many years ago. Connie Mack's team always has been called the Athletios, a name associ- ated with professional base ball in Philadelphia_since the early days of the game. The team also Is calied the White Elephants, becausg it is eald, Manager McGraw of the Giants characterized Philadelphia as a white elephant on_the hands of the Amer! can League ‘when Philadelphia w admitted” to the league. When the team became succeseful the name was frequentiy applied in a humorous cay and finally was adopted, the white elephant appearing as the club emblem on the players’ uniforms. u.s. SK'ERS—AND BOBSLED TEAM TO BE'SENT ABROAD EAPOLIS, December 24.—Four and a bobsled team to repre- a in the Olympic games er 29 and January 1. iers from ail sections of wifl participate in 'the The two-day program draw more than thirty the - north- territory skling is winter sport. £-distance skling ometers, the 12 to 18 the ski jumping con- combined race will be vinners automatical- i United States en- d competition. TWO TEAMS IN TIE FOR BOWLING LEAD e x No. 1 Bowling League has :ted the first serles with Sub- section D and Speclal Searchers tled for first place. Only cne of the four ether teams Is close up. High team game aonors also divided, Special Searchers and Sub- section E each having toppled the maples for 524. Subsection E has the high team set of 1,505. vis of Subsection B holds the best 106-14, and has made the Matsey of <otion ne best sot of 355, while the h game of 140 is held by Boyle of Subsection A. Bauer of Subsestion C_tops in strikes with 7. Following are the avarages: STANDING OF TEAMS, Lost, Pot. 800 a Subsection D.. Special Searchers. Subsection A Subsection E.. Subseotion B. Subsectien C. <800 533 467 287 183 up again | Washington Nationals | n League club is con- | to | PORTS. ONLY CLUB Latter Sobriquet. ough the American League did not The New York itely changed from its original nick- b became | It oc- e appropriate and Yankees they be- N.A. A. F. WILL HEAR OF GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Committee reports will be heard and applications for membership con- sldered by the Natlonal Amateur Ath- lstic Federation of Aemica at its an- Pual meeting in the American Red | Cross building next Monday. Among reports of speclal fnterest expected are those of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, | president of the Girl Scouts of Amer- fca, concerning the proper regula- tion and development of the partici- pation of girls and women in games and sport and of the committee on citizenship tralning. President Henry Breckenridge has announced that delegates from all constitutent members of the feder- ation will be present. These include the Army and the Navy of the United States, United States Lawn Tennis Assoclation, United States Golt Asso- clation, National Colleglate Athletic Association, Playground and Recrea- {tion Association, Girl Scouts, Camp- | . Y. M C. A, ¥. W. C. A {Jewish ~Weifare Board, American | Education Association Amer- | ican Gymnastic Union, Boy Scouts, Buys' Club Federation,. National Rifis Association and a number of district federations. | The new districts secking admis- | slon to the national body are Central | Iowa, Hampton Roads, Southern Cal- |ifornia and the Tacoma District of | Washington State. i {ROBERTSON URGED | AS OLYMPIC COACH NEW YORK, December 24.—Ap- pointment of Lawson Robertson of the Tniversity of Pennsylvan'a as _head coach of the track and field athletes of the 192¢ American Olymplc team has been recommended to the American | Olymple committee by the Amateur Ath- ietic Union. The A. A. U. made public last night ja resolution’ It had adopted suggesting | methods of classifying the athletes and suggesting the appointment of Robert. son and twelve assistants. - The twelve assistants would be chosen from a list of sixteen coaches whose names were submitted. These sixteen are: Moakley, Cornell: Fitapatrick, Princeton: Hiliman, Dart- mouth; Keane, Syracuse: Oliphant, Magee, Bowdoin; Farrell, Michi- Stagg, = Chicago: Gill, Tilinols; Bresnahan. 'Towa; Farrell, Harvard: Christle, California; Hayward, Oregon; Cromwell, Southern California: Hutsell, Alabama Poly, and Roehm, Boys' High School of New Orleane. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, De- cember 24.—The Potomac and Shenan- doah rivers both werk clear this morn- ing. SYRACUSIANS TEAM LEADS K. P. LEAGUE The race in the Knights of Pythias Bowling League is waxing warm, and enthusiasm is at a high pitch. The Syracusians team has main- tained the lead ever since the begin- ning of the season, although hard ‘pressed by Capital and Webster quints. League rolling has ended for the holldays, but beginning January 2 the achedule will be resumed. Stand- Ing of teams: Team, | Syracusians Capital { A Webster | Columbis " | Calanthe . Tnion . entury. ! Mokne Vernoa Individual lare: | _High average } Webster, 1091, performances in “the leagus. Second high averay Qapital, 106-2. ;Greatest number Harris,' Webster. and Emery, Calanthe, ech, |18 Grestest number of spares, Harrs of 49, High individual ‘Eckert, al,'142. High individual set, Harris of ter, 306, Tigh Gapital, 613, ieh eam sot, Copter, 1L 0P { Here are the individual averages for the first quarter of the season: SYRACUBIANS, ;8 s 32 Bers . Shantz Colman Nebel Pearson Negosta. i cuta Kossler Eckert . oenas | team, 1921-22, eaush P CENTURY-DECATU! cumensa i a0 80-17 s - out at. Chapter 14—An All-American Selection of Umpires BY HANS WAGNER. FOR my all-American selection of umpires I have decided that five would be the right number. I have selected them from all I saw during my thirty or more years in professional base ball. Here they are: BILLY EVANS, BOB EMSLIE, HANK O'DAY, BILL KLEM, CY RIGLER. That would be most too many for a world series. In fact, I had intended to pick out four, but the more I figured the more I made up my mind that it would be unfair to leave out a single one of these. I've heard of umpires select- ing the best ball players, but this is the first time I've heard of a ball player selecting the umpires. It only goes to show that we all get a little mellow when out own hair gets gray and we think about things. 1 don't believe there is one of those umpires who ever made a decision in his life that he didn't think exactly right. Hank O'Day and Bill Klem, for instance, don't belicve there were ever any close decisions. They're ecither out or they 't,” says O'Day. ‘Say, Bill,” I asked of Klem one night when we were talk- ing as friends, “how do you feel after yvou've made a bad decision and what do you figure on doing to square it?” “I don’t know, Honus,” he said —and he meant it; “I never made one.” 1 have put Billy Evans at the top, not because he was neces- . sarily superior to the others, but because he was born with a per- fect disposition for the umpir- ing business. Evans never got into an argument with a player. He had a way of listening that would make the player think he was giving deep consideration to what he sai Then he would make his decision just like a judge does after listening to the testimony. And, remarkably enough, the player would take it that way. Knows How They Think. I don't believe that Evans ever was a professional player but he certainly knows exactly how a ball player thinks. He has a wonderful knowledge of the game, its history, the rules and everything. He has the same kind of knowledge about other sports. Billy has rare judgment in critical moments and knows exactly how to handle a game to please the-public. He ngver gets riled at what he hears about— pretends not to have -heard it. Only a good judge of human nature could do that. ¢ Evans is particularly geod on balls and strikes and is the best in the business on fair and foul balls. I dont believe he ever made a mistake on fair and foul balls. He knows all the tricks of the glayers so well that it is. impossible to fool him. A player always could reason with him, but he would not and will not stand for bulldozing. Evans will admit mistakes if you show him where he is wrong. He has the | Basket Ball Tips PIVOTING, ai FEET WELL APART TURN ON BALL OF RIGHT FOOT+ START DRIBBLE WITH LEFT HAND, How should a pivot be executed by | 6 player withthe boll in his- posses- sion? Answered by “Chuck” Carney. University of Illinois xtar and cap- tnin of the all-western conference Hizh point scorer for western conference, scoring points, greatest number ever scored by a pla,er in a single collegiate on. | on 1(IITY CLUB TOSSERS. 173 | BILLY EVANS. HANK O'DAY. absolute confidence of players and public. Bob Emslie I regard as the greatest of all the umpires on base decisions. Some kind of in- scemed to -guide -him on plays. If a man was sécond and 1 missed him by a guarter of an CENTRAL HIGH FIVE TACKLES STAR TEAM touchi Y. M. C. A. Alumnl quint, composed of former scholastic stars, was to op- pose Central High's tossers today at 3:15 o'clock on the Blue and White's court. Since Centrai's victory over An- napolis High Coach Burt Coggins ex- pects to sce his team show the way to the Y quint. Central has a game pending with the Gallaudct Reserves Thursday, and from then on a long serfes of work- outs will be the order for the Blue and White players, Conch Sotzin's Techites will en- counter the alumni. tcam Wednesday the latter's court, The Manual Trainers have hot yet hit their stride. Adams and Gooch are two of the out- etanding candidatés for the Maroon and Gray five. Bastern and Western . teams will meet the alumni team Friday and Saturday, respectively. Eastern and Western have had a great deal of practice. Coach Mike Kelly of Business is not pleased at the showing his team made last week against the Anacostia Eagles. Plenty of work is in_ store for the Stenographers when they start regular practice Wednesday at -the Coliseum. WILL PLAY'Y'ANKEES City Club tossers will play the The fect should be well apart in|yyashington Yankees Friday night at starting a pivot.~ In- executing a pivot to'the right, the:player should make a half or three-quarters turn, turning on the ball of his right foot, trying to come in contact with the body of his . opponent. (Caution should be exercised in having a firm hold on the ball.) On completion of this half or three-quarters turn, the ball will be in the player’s left arm. In starting the dribble, the. ball will be bounced to the floor by the play- er’s left hand, immediately following through: with the right. f the pivot 3 |has been; successful, the forward is then ready to continue his dribble until he meets: another opposing maa.. This is a pivot by a ph_ger who has just received a pass. The pivot can alsd be made by the player after a dribble, but upon completion of his turn, a pass must be made to another player. 4 SAN PRANCISCO, December 34.— Ritiy-five fo: -Rugb. turned pevsy et PR e ey lection ‘:.u::o&fun \Celitseats Blympi games st bariy. in .~ In 1920 "the - local -team "won the- Olympic games ity =~ | the Central Coliseum. Basket ball followers are manifest- fng much interest in the game. The opposing teams are strong contenders for the District title. In preparation for the contest the Yankees have booked a practice game with the Terminal Railroad Y. M. C. A. team Wednesday on the latters court. Anncostia Easles nosed out the Im- maculate’ Gonoeption five, 13 to' 10, yesterday. A rally in the last half, with Clark and McCathran much in evience, enmbled the Eagles to win. Enright performed creditably. for the losers. 4 bers of the Y. M. C. A. Comets aro to meet tonighi at 7 o'clock at the ¥ bullding. PRIZES FOR BOWLERS. Manager Wood of the King Pin bowling alleys has arranged to give away a pound of candy every hour on the three floors for the high scores tomorrow, the competition for women being separate. No player can win more than one pound. At the Recreation and Grand Cen- tral a_gallon of ice cream is offered every hour for the top score, with the women-bowling among. themselves, . BILL KLEM. = CY RIGLER. inch Emslie would see it. knew base ball, of'course. His strong point, though, was his fine judgment on plays not cov- ered by the rule book. Bob was and is a quick thinker. He saved many a bad_situation by making a quick decision on some point not covered by the rules. Nine times out of ten the play- ers would feel satisfied that he had done right. At one time the players tried to say that Bob had poor eye- sight. Some New York' playér_ oftered to bet him that if an apple and an orange were put on second base he couldn't tell which was which from the plate. That fall Emslie went out and won the trap-shooting tourna- ment in the middle west. After that the apple and orange bet was forgotten. Hank O'Day always was a wonderful all-around umpire. He was good on balls and strikes, on the bases and on fair and foul balls. O'Day's long suit was ‘in making difficult decisions. If the play was very difficult he . would think it over for 2 moment, He Copyvight, 1923, in United ! States and Great Britain, Oubs, Japan and South Americs, 2 North American Newspaper Al liance, All rights re RERCRERRRRR R and then make his ruling. Ninety- nine times out of a hundred he was correct. 'z Most . players never stop to think how ‘good’ an average an umpire must have. . A player has to look over not more than twenty balls orstrikes in a game. The umpire has to decide -on more than a hundred. 'The player can make two mistakes out of four and get away with it. The umpire is in trouble if he makes -one out of a hundred. Cy -Rigler was a much better umpire than he ever got credit for. He was a good all-around man with a lot of nerve and rarc judgment. There was a bird you couldn’t bulldoze. At the same time he would hear what you had to say. A player could taik to Cy without being afraid. Rigler was a rare judge of ball players. In his winter months he acted as scout for a while, until a rule was made to %revem umpires from doing that. y the way, I often have won- dered why more old umpires are not turned into scouts: They have an opportunity to see all kinds of players and to know just what is required iu a good man Their observations on pitchers often have been quite a help to managers. Bill Klem I have ‘saved for the last, not because he stands fifth in ability, but because I wanted to talk about him. Bill has given me many a laugh, and many a sore spot, too. He is a won- derful umpire, don’t ever forget that. I doubt if there was ever a better man than Bill Klem. He is great on decisions that re- quire sure judgment in very im- portant moments. Klem is an 1deal umpire to handle any un- usual or important, series of games. He takes his business very seriously and has a deep r\ridc in turning out a good job. {lem is fearless and never made a mistake. He claims there are no clo.e plays Bill is so good in every de- partment that it is hard to pick his really strong point. I guess, though, he stands above them all in making decisions on plays at the home plate. Klem Marked the Dictionary. Kiem has the players’ confi dence and knows all their tricks. He, too, will reverse his decision if anybody can show him he's wrong. Fred Clarke used to have a lot of fun riding unipires in general and Bill Klem in particular. One day Fred made a particularly good catch, just after he and Klem had had argument. “You're a great ball player, at that,” said Klem as Clarke passed. “And you're a great umpire,” red retorted. “I'd say you are a model umpire.” Kiem swelled up_ for a moment and then turned “You-know what a model am- pire 2" Clarke atked. “Look inthe ictionary tonight.” The next afternoon Clarke was on the third base coaching line. He made some slight remark. “Get out of the game.” roared at him. “I am a modei umpire, am 1?2 TI'll show you how model I am. Get out of tic par - _That night he stole Klem's dictionary and he had the defi nition of a model umpire marked It ‘said: “Model—a small imi- tation of the real thing.’ Tomorrow: The Pitcher I Found Hardest to Hit, Bill PADDOCK SAYS HE PLANS TO AID FUTURE ATHLETES OS ANGELES, Cal L December 24 —Charles Paddock, cinder track speed marvel, who has been barred from compet on the 1924 American Olympic team until he clears himself of | charges made against him by the Amateur Athletic Union, has iscaed a | ing for a position statement denying that he ever “attacked the A. A. U. as an organization™ or authorized any interview “vilifying” it. “But I have said,” the statement continued, “that it seemed to me that some of the actions of certain A. A. U. committees were unjust and arbi- trary and not to the best Interests of the athletes. I have afd that inefi- ecienctes existed on the Olympic team of 1930, which handicapped American athletes from performing thetr best, and that I was willing to work for better governed sport and wider op-| portunities for the athlete of .tomor row." 5 The whole controversy over his'al- leged oriticisms’ of the A. A. U. and athletes of that organization and over his own alleged professionalism grew | out of hig participation in the inter- | collegiate championshipe at Paris Jithout A. A. U. sanction, Paddock | L . "This 19 the real question that lles behind and should not be lost sight | of through introduction of personali=! ties,” he asserted, adding that *“f might have been bétter If this mattef. kad been handled through privaté communications and not through the- press. This talk of my appearing be- ore & committee and defending my- self I have only learned through the | press.” Admitting that he had expressed in confidence opinions “in regard to rumors and - instances - of professionalism in amateur sports,” which later were pub- lished in violation of that confidence, he pointed out that he already had written an explanation of this occur- ence to the A A. U, “which the A. A. U. committee apparently had refused to regard.” . “In much the same way,” he contin- ued, “this committee has charged me with professionalism, and when I ment 4 e in a letter clearing up any doubts they might have entertained, théy tontinued the charges, without mentioning my ex- planation, ’and introduced - another charge—that of my lecture tour. Run- ning s not the subject of my lectures, &nd. the president of the local associa- tion of the A. A. U. wrote me a letter in which was given the unanimous ap- proval of himself and the board of governors.” In conclusion, the sprinter's state- ment announced that while his day of active participation in athletics ™ “is robably about through,” he was de- ned to “work for these who fol- lova. P'::ltl thzy| m{m e&hymu\g b'e’i"'" an leges in athletics that belo: to them sis American citizens.” i : ———— IRELAND FIRST TO SEND 1924 DAVIS CUP ENTRY NEW YORK, December 24.—Ireland, which made its debut last season a: Davis cup contender, has filed the :rlt challenge for tho 1924 contest for nternation. team tennis honors. der the zone system, established 1ast season for the first time, Ireland will compate in the European aeotiony SINCLAIR’S HORSES MAY RUN IN ASCOT NEW YORK, December 24.-—Two horses may carry the colors of an American owner, Harry K. Sinclair, in the running of the Ascot Gold Cup in England next June. Zev, the champiog three-year-old, and Grey Lag, a great five-vear-old, have been entered by Mr. Sinclalr, in keeping the promisc he made after the Zev-Papyrus race to reciprocate the sportsmanship of Ben Irish, then owngr of Papyrus, by having Zev meet his rival at the la‘ter's home ‘geason. {"hether Nr. Sinc orsés seemed problematical today, as sin eufir!‘l considering sending Zev 8broad he had arranged for a series of sweepstake races for Zev with Eplnard, the French ampion, owned by Plerre Wertheimer. Epi- nard, however, will run in the Ascot Cup.race also, and hence Zev and he would have 'equal disadvantage of crossing the Atlantic after their August races in this country. Papyrus also is expected to run in the Ascot. Only once have American colors ‘been ‘carried to victory in the Ascot, Fox Hall. owned by Foxhall and J. R. Keene, winning the classic in 1882 The race is at two and a halt miles, which fits Grey Lag, which is five years old, better than Zev. Grey Lag was taken out of, training last June with sore feet, ‘but Trainer Sam Hildreth.evidently. has him back in shape and plans to have him fit for a great effort next June. In the Ascot the horses carry weight for age. APACHE-WAVERLY GAME ..IS DELAYED FOR WEEK Thwarted yesterday by wet ground: Apache and Waverly elevens ha d to postpone their game until next Sunday, at Union Park. The teams intend to put in some hard work this week. Should Waverly win Sunday It will claim the 150-pound title held by the Apaches for the last two vears, WILL MANAGE SCHLAIFER. ST. PAUL, Minn, December 24— Morrie Schlalfer, welterweight boxer of Omaha, will'bs under the manage- ment of Jack Reddy, St. Paul fight romoter, effective January 15. Fred ton, Minneapolis heavyweight. Daen, signed by Reddy, | | SPORTS NASSAUITES WONDERING ~ WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM. Few Tiger Athletes Have Turned to Coaching. Brasher, Head of Foot Ball Committee, Declared To Be Ideal. Man if He Would Accept. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N wondering who his successor EW YORK, December 24—With William Roper's statement that next year will be his last in foot ball coaching, Princeton men are will be. Unlike many colleges, few Princeton foot ball graduates have turned their hands to coaching when their student days have ended. Perhaps the best known Tiger alumnus now engaged in teaching foot ball is Fred Dawson, whose Nebraska teams in recent years have been very formidable. But Daswon, a man of fine character, is strongly intrenched at Li; coln, and besides his foot ball and b: dean of men at the university. Jack of Kentucky and Ralph Gilroy coac! team. Neither of these two last named coaches has the experience necessary for the Princeton fob. An ideal man, if he could be secured, would be Frank Bergin of New Haven, quarter- back in 1909. Bergin knows as much foot ball as any man in the country and in the course of the war he did fine work in turning out Pelham Bay naval station elevens. Another ideal choice, If he could be | induced to come, would be Philip | Brashere, an engineer by profession, who has been Princeton’s chief scout in recent years and now is presider of the Princeton foot ball committee. | Brasher, is closely abreast of all mod- ern trends in foot ball offense—more so than any Princeton man, save per- haps Bergin, that the writer knows. The furore over Arthur Havers’ | long drive in the first game of golf played in this country has served to bring to the fore general discussion as to the lengthening out of the game | long tee shot and the long, str: have accuracy to go with the wal States professional champion. Look over the list of titleholders— RBoh Jones, the open champion; Max ! Marston, - the amateur champlon: | Edith Cummings, the woman's cham- | 1 Havers, the British open! in addition to Roger probably the longest of ! who is the British amateur Wethe them champion. { All thesa players are far longer than the average off the tee. yet they ; combine accuracy with their distance and have cultivated a sense of touch in the short game that amply backs' up their distance from the tee Yet.! who would not be able to play golf | if he co consistently whack th ball some 250 yards down the middle It truly is the era of the punch ini golf, &nd today we have but ome| great champion who is not a mo-| toriously long driver—Chick Evane of Chicago. the western amatenr champion. But even Chick, when he tre | aver 400 varas r will send both | is pressed or has a long-caiTy. to ne- gotiate, lengthens his lean body and gives the ball a ride with the best of them. H Our local champions are not tre- mendously long drivers, for neither Walter R. Tuckerman, the District titleholder, nor Albert R. MacKenzie, the middla Atlantic chamnion, are noted for their length. They are long enough, however. t6 score welL( Personally, we would like to se a driving contest with Wethered, Tob Jones. Sarazen. Hagen and Havers In it. There would truly be some astounding Ewats and over a fast course some new_ records might | he made Jones and \Wethered play- | ed in a four-ball match at Brookiine | o vear ago and the great British! golfer was not far ahead of our open | champion on his best hit tee shots. | ted Stmtes Golf As. slate the present- ! L all out of existénce. these players stfll will have considerable | nt 8n edge on tha moderate hitter. for they h't the ball hard, and a golf: hall of any construction hit hard is| bound to eo er than one strick | a light tap. Wa can. by the way.| lnok for earlv legiclation from the} S G. A. decreasing the distance of the prasent-dav ball. Dannv Heorgan., formerly attached to a_ Philadslphia club. has been named assistant pro and club maker t Chevy Chase, ascstng Bah Tarnett in the shon, Horgan is safd | be a fine gnlfer, in addition to! g an excellent club maker. With all the loaal golf courses goft | and soggv. the valne of nutting is be- ( ing emnhasized. The golfer who can | et them down over the winter greens —SOm! temporarv—with con- aistencv wins a lot of matches. Holes | very hard to reach | in two shots, even with winter rules nermitting feaing up through the | fairway. and the value of the ten-foot nutt that finds the bottom of the cup 's realized i Fred McLeod realizes he value of care on the -putting greens at this| | season for he took four on the third at Columbia the other day_ nlavine Kratz and Reiph P | Rarnard and therebhy lost golf match, even thoux! he shot a Barnard ran down a 2, oot putt for a six after numerous difficulties hazards, and McLeod. on the ereen fn {two, procerded to fuddle up his putts {untfl the best he could get was a half. aeainst John H 74 An nppealing touch from ons of the {worid's greatest golfers fs the ittle imoam on a Christmas card from Chick Evans of Chicago. recelved here by many of the former onen and amateur | chambion’s friends. Chick’s financial troubles of last summer are brought to mind in sopealing fashion In ths following 1ittle varse on the card: Good friend, T wish for you a merry Christmastide, A happy New Year all tho twelve months through. [May choicest blessings close with you ahide. {Ana with vour blessing T shall reach ers hestrew. But I have come a hard and uphill road Since last T sent you greetings of the day. am T now heneath the heavy Toa T need {Bent ur hand ‘upon the upward w 5 # long journey. but I see the end, A‘rnl’daln‘?e‘_vr{urdd Ty path with flow- t, frien Abo:-e the verse on the card is a golf bag, festooned with cobwebs, the inference being that Chick has . laid aelde his golf clubs to cast all his energies on the long, hard fight ahead of him. “That's the way to make a golfer,” remarked a veteran player at Colum- bia recently, as he watched John F. Brawner and Roland R. MacKensie. Columbla, two fine junior players, pitching balls at . tree in practice. These lads are not playing to any great extemt, but they spend hours after school practicing with the mmi clubs. Leo Diegel, Wasington's open golf champion, has gone“v; Detroit to visit his parents over the Christmas in} | 1 ase ball work holds the position of Winn is coaching at the University hed the Atlantic City High Schoo! which the past few years have een. Havers says, contrary to beilef here, that - British golfers like the long game and are finding no fault with the balls that carry greater distances through_the air than balls used o carry. There has been some trepida- tion among American golfers—of convention characteristics — over the undou that too much yardage is crec into the game. And it is uniikely that the United States Golf As ion, which already has sanctioned a certain size ht of ball and conslders the matter closed. wiil hear something upon thie subject at the annoal meet- ing next month. 1t may, however, be predicted that no action will be faken by the asso- clation in opening up this matter. What will happen at the 1 should the carrying qual show a decided jump this season—as some think likely—is another matter. (Coprright, 1923.> STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE | HE wallop still is the great thing in golf, as in other <ports. The champions of the year have the wallop, which in golf means the aight iron shot. Naturally they also lop, but it is significant that men capable of really long tee shots have won the championships this year. One of the longest of them all passed through Washington 2 few hours lago in the perscn of Arthur G. Havers, the British open champion, on his way to a tour of the south and far west, in_the course of which he will meet one of America's longest drivers, Gene Sarazen, United - Inside Golf ~———Bjy CHESTER HORTON— The gZolfer who endeavors to play fairly good golf should have at least two swings in his wood club repertory—tor a high ball or one with a low flighi. The high ball is an advantage from the tee when you play with the wind. A low ball is a neces- sity when the wind is against rou, ctherwise you will lose a lot of dintance. A low ball is very €asy 1o get, consistently. You me- complish it mostly with the feet, or, in other stanee. Take x regular and then, just before you spread the feet about five ing apart, if you are of medium build. f you arc tall you can regul the fect mccordingly. That ix all esxary 10 kecp the tee A little practice will ®oom show you just how much you will sprend the feet for the desired fiight. D. C. 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